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pic where was kept the eternal fire. If we suppose this mound 
to have been a place consecrated to purposes of worship, might 
lif t the foregoing fact account for the finding skeletons in some 
of them, without supposing the original design mere deposito¬ 
ries of the dead. 
“ That there are mounds of these different kinds is highly 
probable; but 1 see no reason why we may not suppose, some 
©f the largest of them, to have been designed for all these pur¬ 
poses. The altars of religion, however absurd, may be the theo¬ 
logy of some nations, yet superstition, if no purer principle, will 
render these dear to them as their lives If so, it was necessa¬ 
ry that in the early ages such places should be secured and de- 
fended. It is not uncommon to read in history, of nations who 
kave made their last stand against their enemies in their tem¬ 
ples, and around their altars. 
“ And again, there is a principle in human nature to shew 
respect to great and good men, even after their spirits have re¬ 
turned to him who gave them. This has been instanced in al¬ 
most every nation. I shall only allude to the practice amongst 
the British, of shewing respect to departed greatness and merit, 
by placing their monuments in Westminster abby. We also 
find that amongst Christians, as a mark of respect to their de¬ 
parted pastors, the placing their remains beneath the pulpit.— 
This is not the case amongst civilized nations only, it has most 
.probably been the custom from the earliest ages.” 
(No. 3.) 
Communicated by the rev. Mr. Mills . 
AT Sultzertown, near Washington, in the Mississippi terri¬ 
tory, there i£ an ancient fortification. It is in the form of a pa¬ 
rallelogram, including between three and four acres measured 
at the base. The mound was raised 46 feet above the common 
level of the ground; near the middle of the west line was rais¬ 
ed a large mound of a circular form, 40 feet above the first level 
©f the fortification, making the distance from the top of the 
* mound 86 feet above the common level of the ground. The 
tpp of this amotind had been ploughed and somewhat worn down* 
